BIO
Emil Gataullin was born in Russia, in 1972, and lives in Moscow. In 1999 he graduated from Surikov Moscow State Institute of Art, majoring in monumental painting. He studied photography with one of the leading Russian photography ideologists and authors, Alexander Lapin, from 2003 to 2004. His photographic work was published in GEO, LFI Magazine, The New York Times, Black+White Photography, FOTO Magazine, Schwarzweiss, Russian Reporter, Ogonek, Takie Dela among many other magazines and online media. For 15 years, he focused exclusively on black and white photography, and only began to work with color in 2015. His book “Towards the Horizon” was published by Edition Lammerhuber in 2016, and presents poetic pictures taken in Russian villages.
AWARDS & HONORS
2020
- Honorable Mention in the “Professional Book, Documentary” category of the “International Photography Awards” (IPA)
- Shortlisted for the “Leica Oskar Barnack Award” (LOBA)
- 1st place in the “Photo Series” category of the “London Street Photography Festival” (LSPF)
2019
- Finalist of the “Exibart Street Photography Contest”
- Shortlisted for the “Gomma Grant”
- Finalist in the “Storytelling” category of the “Imago Photo International Contest” (IPIC)
2018
- Nominee for the “International Photography Grant” in the “Daily Life” category
2017
- 1st place “Black & White People Series of the Year” of the “Monovisions Photography Awards”
2016
- 3rd prize in the “Book” category of the “One Eyeland Photography Awards”
2015
- 1st prize of the international festival of photography “PhotoVisa”
2014
- Grand Prix of the “Best Picture on the Theme of Peace” of “The Alfred Fried Photography Award”
- Finalist of the international festival of photography “PhotoVisa”
- Finalist of the “Circle of Life” contest, international photofestival “Vilnius Photo Circle”
2010
- Grand Prix of the “Best Photo of the Year” at the contest “The Best Photographer”, 1st Prize in the “Everyday Life Photo” category, 1st Prize in the “Art Photograph” category
- 3rd prize in the “People and Events” category of the Photojournalism Development Foundation
2009
- 1st prize in the “Everyday Life” section of the “My Best Photograph” competition by Epson
2005
- Laureate of the contest “Young Photographers of Russia”
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2022
- “Towards the Horizon”, Festival Fotografico Europeo (Legnano, Italy)
2021
- “Towards the Horizon”, East End — Samos Arts Festival (Samos Island, Greece)
- “Towards the Horizon”, Gallery STP (Greifswald, Germany)
2019
- “Russia Sweet and Slow”, 29th European Month of Photography (Bratislava, Slovakia)
- “Russia Sweet and Slow”, Art Market Budapest (Hungary)
- “Towards the Horizon”, Russian Museum of Photography (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
- “Russia Sweet and Slow”, Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo (Baden, Austria)
- “A travers l’horizon”, Espace Seraphine Louis (Clermont, France)
2018
- “Russia Sweet and Slow”, Festival Photo La Gacilly (La Gacilly, France)
2017
- “Towards the Horizon”, Cosmos Galerie (Paris, France)
- “Towards the Horizon”, RAW 17 Photofestival (Worpswede, Germany)
2016
- “Towards the Horizon”, GAF, Gallery for Photography (Hannover, Germany)
- “Towards the Horizon”, “Art of Foto” gallery (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- “Kolyma: In the Shadow of Time”, Vologda Regional Art Gallery (Vologda, Russia)
- “Kolyma: In the Shadow of Time”, Magadan Regional Studies Museum (Magadan, Russia)
2015
- “Kolyma: In the Shadow of Time”, Krasnoyarsk Book Culture Fair, (Krasnoyarsk, Russia)
- “Kolyma of Shalamov and Today”, Сentre of Сulture “Red Corner” (Vologda, Russia)
- “Kolyma: In the Shadow of Time”, International Society Memorial (Moscow, Russia)
2014
- “Towards the Horizon”, Vilnius Photo Circle (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2012
- “Without Words”, “Promgrafika” gallery (Moscow, Russia)
